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Members named for St. Maarten Electoral Council

PHILIPSBURG – The Advisory Council, General Audit Chamber and Joint Court of Justice have submitted the names of their representatives to sit on the country’s ﬁrst Electoral Council.

The council will now be established by national decree. Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams did not name the members at the Council of Ministers Press Brieﬁng Wednesday, preferring to wait until the national decree has been completed.

The Electoral Council is “very important” for the execution of the law on the registration and ﬁnancing of political parties.